E-News Letter March
Introduction
Municipality is usually known as an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self –government or jurisdiction. The term municipality is also used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A Municipality is a general – purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special – purpose. The term is derived from French “municipalite” and Latin “Municipalis”.
There are 188 urban local bodies in Rajasthan After enactment of 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, the Local Bodies, which were previously not the part of the Constitution of India, have now been assigned the Constitutional Status. There are 7 Corporations 34 Councils and 147 Municipalities. Total 188 ULBs in the State.
The purpose of municipal governance and strategic urban planning in a country is to create effective, responsive, democratic, transparent, accountable local governance framework organized according to a rational structure that promotes responsiveness and accountability; to provide responsive policy guidance and assistance to sub-national entities; to strengthen the legal, fiscal, economic and service delivery functions of municipalities; and to foster greater citizen participation in the governance of local bodies.
The functions of municipal bodies broadly relate to public health welfare, regulatory functions, public safety, public infrastructure works, and development activities.
Public health includes water supply (as per handover PHE), sewerage and sanitation, eradication of communicable diseases etc. welfare includes public facilities such as education, recreation, etc. regulatory functions related to prescribing and enforcing building regulations, encroachments on public land, birth registration and death certificate, etc. public safety includes fire protection, street lighting, etc. public works measures such as construction and maintenance of inner city roads, etc. and development functions related to town planning and development of commercial markets.
MAIN FUNCTION'S / RESPONSIBILITIES
· Construction and maintenance of public parks, gardens, libraries, museums, rest houses, leper homes, orphanages and rescue homes for women.
· planting and maintenance of roadside and other trees.
· Housing for low income groups.
· Conducting surveys.
· Organising public receptions, public exhibitions, public entertainment; provision of transport facilities
· Supply of pure and wholesome water(as per handover PHE).
· Construction and maintenance of public streets.
· Lighting and watering of public streets.
· Cleaning of public streets, places and sewers.
· Registration of births and deaths; removing obstructions and projections in public streets, bridges and other places.
· Naming streets and numbering houses.
SWACHH BHARAT
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi exhorted people to fulfill Mahatma Gandhi's vision of Clean India. The 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' is a massive mass movement that seeks to create a Clean India. Cleanliness was very close to Mahatma Gandhi's heart. A clean India is the best tribute we can pay to Bapu when we celebrate his 150th birth anniversary in 2019. Mahatma Gandhi devoted his life so that India attains 'Swarajya'. Now the time has come to devote ourselves towards 'Swachchhata' (cleanliness) of our motherland.
National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM):
· Focus on Skill Training & Placement and Capacity Building / Self Employment.
· Major Components-Shelter for Urban Homeless, Support to Urban Street Vendors.
Feedback / Grievances
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